Expect Differing Review Scores For Heavy Rain

Ben Dutka of PSXE: "Here's the thing- although there's no such thing as a game that gets virtually the same score from every source, for the most part, there is majority agreement when it comes to most high-profile titles. For example, you will be hard-pressed to find any major source that gave Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Gears of War, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, or the recently released Mass Effect 2 lower than a 9. Every professional critic, personal opinions aside, agrees that such games are worthy of the elite 9+ rating and will recommend a purchase. You can expect this same response to games like God of War III; it's just...easier. I say "easier" because of the wider mainstream appeal and the fact that we can all recognize the inherent greatness of such titles. But I'm telling you right now: for Quantic Dream's production, you should expect review scores, even from top sources, that might be very different from each other."

A game should be based on its merit and not whether it is main stream or not. If the game is in a genre such as a puzzle game but is the puzzle game in existance. It should score very high. If a blockbuster is decent but not worth getting compared to other games this year it should get a lower score. The one part that reviewers should focus on isn't whether or not it appeals to them (Guns and boobs appeal to game journalist) but whether or not what it is trying to do and whether or not it succeeded.

You can already see by checking the released reviews from sites and magazines alike that Heavy rain Scored 9 or higher on 90% of all reviews so far. If this follows 90% of all reviewers will give it 9+ while 10% will give it 8 or lower. Not a very divided review analyses at all.